<header>Timeout on waiting for the greeting banner</header>

<center><tt>smtp_helo_timeout</tt></center>
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This parameter specifies the SMTP client timeout in seconds for receiving the
SMTP greeting banner.

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When the server drops the connection without sending a greeting banner, or when
it sends no greeting banner within the deadline, the SMTP client tries the next
address on the mail exchanger list.


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